Henri d’Orleans, Count of Paris and pretender to the French throne under the name Henri VII, died aged 85 on this week, 226 years to the day after Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793. The Count of Paris’s passing was announced on Twitter by his son, Prince Jean of France, Duke of Vendôme, who will now become Jean IV for his royalist followers. Je le confie à vos prières. After his death on Monday his son Prince Jean inherited the claim and will now become, at least for his followers, Jean IV. Je ne crois pas... https://t.co/Nh7wZ5mqsU — Prince Jean de France (@PJeanDeFrance) October 9, 2018The legitimacy of Henri’s (and now Jean’s) claim to the throne is contested by Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou (Louis XX to his followers).

Source: The Local January 24, 2019 15:45 UTC